PIF Advisory Group

Responsible to the Board, and reporting through the Membership Engagement Committee  to the Board, the PIF Advisory Group provides strategic advice and guidance for the PIF project, as outlined in the agreed Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHAC) proposal for the period ending June 2026.

The Advisory Group oversees a range of activities to increase medical students and prevocational doctors' involvement with the RANZCP, promote the discipline of psychiatry, and demonstrate psychiatry career possibilities.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring initiatives meet the objectives of the PIF project to increase engagement with medical students and junior doctors.
• Assisting with the equitable and transparent assessment of sponsorship applications and competition processes.
• Supporting the development of print and online resources within the approved project framework.
• Approving new initiatives in accordance with the approved project budget.

Chair 

The current Chair of the Committee is Dr Angelo Virgona

Members

• Dr Christina Matthews - Fellow
• A/Prof David Menkes - New Zealand Fellow
• Dr Kym Jenkins - Fellow
• Dr Sean Stanek - Fellow
• Dr Sumana Thomson - Fellow
• Dr Emily Hartman - Trainee
• Dr Jarrad Paul - Trainee
• Dr Mischa Tosswill - New Zealand Trainee

Meeting frequency

The Advisory Group typically meets 3 times per calendar year by videoconference (each meeting is approximately 1 hour in duration).

Contact

Contact the committee at pif@ranzcp.org.